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MINDWAR

About Me

..Mindwar started back in around 1990 or 1991. A.J. Nedosko, Brian Roy, and Chris Roy all first met through mutual friends while all attending CCSU in New Britain, CT. Brian and Chris Roy had been in the hardcore band BENT. We met our first drummer Desi Kensel and basically created the whole concept of MINDWAR while jamming a few songs together. I guess you could also call Dave Zavarella the official 5th member of mindwar too because he always lived with us, did all of our artwork, and was there from beginning to end. When Desi moved to NYC to attend college we found Joe Pro and jammed with him for about one year. Thats when we first started playing shows. We played a bunch of shows that year until we lost Joe and got Desi back. Around that time the band took it too a new level and took things more seriously. We moved to New Haven where Brian Roy had gotten a sweet job at Yale University. After playing many shows basically in CT and NYC we got signed to a small label in Germany. They offered to give us 100% tour support and also offered to record and put out a cd. We took the offer and toured europe many times between 1993-1996. The band broke up shortly after that due to the same old problems that destroy many bands and people. Brian Roy and Chris Roy played in the band BELOW THE SOUND out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brian Roy now plays bass in the band CATFISH HUNTER. And Desi Kensel is the drummer for HIGH ON FIRE out of Oakland. If anyone is interested in helping me to restart mindwar or start something new hit me up here online or call A.J. 415 786 1718. i live in connecticut. also check out the following sites: www.xno.net and www.freewebs.com/cthardcore www.myspace.com/ajmindwar

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Member Since: 26/05/2006
Band Website: www.xno.net
Band Members: BRIAN ROY/BASS CHRIS ROY/GUITAR DESI KENSEL/DRUMSJOE PRO/DRUMS (1991 TO 1992??) A.J. MINDWAR/VOCALS
Influences: CRO-MAGS, BIG BLACK, BLACK SABBATH, INSIDE OUT, CRAWLPAPPY, GINMILL, JOY DIVISION, BAUHAUS, PRONG, HELMET, THE MELVINS, SHELTER, CT HARDCORE, NYC HARDCORE, ALIENS AND ANYTHING UFO RELATED, MILWAUKEE'S BEST BEER, JAGER MEISTER, SPEED, VARIOUS OTHER CHEMICALS, MARIJUANA, HASH, RICK ROY, KRISHNA, THE BHAGAVAD GITA, THE BIBLE, HERBERT HUNCKE, HUNTER S THOMPSON, WILLIAM S BURROUGHS, IRVINE WELSH, ETC...
Sounds Like: FOUR DRUNK/STONED RETARDS.
Record Label: WE SIGNED TO XNO GERMANY IN 1994.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

PERMANENT NOTHING (Story involving Mark Martin RIP)

The song PERMANENT NOTHING was inspired by my dear friend Mark Martin (RIP). I can remember going out to a party in Simsbury, CT to hang out at the first "roadhouse" with Mark one night. Many of ours ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:25:00 GMT

CITY OF NINE GATES

  Throughout his entire life Andrew had never really felt all that comfortable in his own body. He felt clumsy and aware of his own flesh. While doing research into the hare krishna religion he c...
Posted by on Mon, 29 May 2006 10:48:00 GMT

OWLMAN

 (A story of a true Connecticut haunting. My friend Mike Kornakevich told me this story about his family when i was living in Hew Haven around 1993. I was so fascinated with the story that it ins...
Posted by on Mon, 29 May 2006 00:06:00 GMT